Backstage Pass: Catch the Tune-Yards Thursday at High Dive

Scott Kauffmann Corresondent

Wednesday

Sep 26, 2018 at 3:20 PMSep 26, 2018 at 3:20 PM

They perform at High Dive, along with locals Pearl & The Oysters, starting at 8 p.m. on Thursday.

I’ve been listening pretty steadily to Tune-Yards' newest album, 2018’s "I Can Feel You Creep into my Private Life," driving back and forth through various parts of Florida this past week, and it’s just really an incredible album. The opening track, “Heart Attack,” sounds like if David Byrne and Jamiroquai got together to make a strangely infectious weirdo pop-soul song.

“ABC 123” is most definitely the standout track, and it’s easily the most inventively catchy. I seriously love this album. It’s a throwback in some of its production, but melded perfectly with modern tones and sensibilities. The vocal melodies that singer-songwriter Merrill Garbus belts out are executed perfectly. It’s great music; it’s the music of right now.

Check them out Thursday night when they perform at High Dive, along with locals Pearl & The Oysters, starting at 8 p.m.

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Supertwin performs their aggressive brand of dream-pop shoe-gaze Thursday, along with prog-rockers Just Neighbors and Average Friend, at The Atlantic, starting at 9 p.m.

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Driveaway performs along with Gary Laser Eyes, The Forum and Elevator Fight Club Friday at High Dive, starting at 8 p.m.

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H.R. Gertner serenades Art Walkers on Friday, in an event that features the art of Scott Little, at Hardback Cafe starting at 7 p.m.